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Enoch Garner Fletcher (1899-1990) —
also known as Enoch G. Fletcher —
of Grand Saline, Van Zandt
County, Tex.
Born January
4, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1926 (3rd District), 1932 (at-large);
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1936.
Died October
24, 1990 (age 91 years, 293
days).
Interment at Woodside Cemetery.
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Arona Lea Germany (1870-1958) —
also known as Mammy Germany; Mrs. J. W.
Germany —
of Grand Saline, Van Zandt
County, Tex.
Born in 1870.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Female.
Methodist.
Died in Grand Saline, Van Zandt
County, Tex., 1958
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Woodside Cemetery.
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Eugene Benjamin Germany (1892-1971) —
also known as E. B. 'Gene' Germany —
of Highland Park, Dallas
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sweetwater, Nolan
County, Tex., September
18, 1892.
Son of Arona
Lea Germany.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; geologist;
oil
producer; industrialist;
founder of Preston State Bank,
Dallas, Tex.; founder of Cozby-Germany Hospital, Grand Saline, Tex.;
founder and president of Lone Star Steel Company; mayor
of Highland Park, Tex., 1934-40; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1944
(alternate); Texas
Democratic state chair, 1944; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., July 12,
1971 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Woodside Cemetery.
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